Order of The Cat Who Books

The Cat Who is a series of cozy mystery novels by American author Lilian Jackson Braun. The series is also known as the Jim Qwilleran Feline Whodunnits. Lilian created the series when her own cat suddenly fell to its death. The main character is Jim “Qwill” Qwilleran, a reporter who owns two Siamese cats named Koko and Yum-Yum. Koko has a “sixth sense,” which enables him to assist Qwill in solving mysteries.

The Cat Who series began with The Cat Who Could Read Backwards in 1966. After the third installment, there would not be another novel in the series until 1986. Even with the break, there ended up being 29 books (plus three collections) in the series, ending with The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers. There was supposedly going to be a 30th book, The Cat Who Smelled Smoke, but it was cancelled. Below is a list of Lillian Jackson Braun’s The Cat Who books in order of when they were originally released (and in chronological order):

Publication Order of The Cat Who… Books

The Cat Who Could Read Backwards	(1966)
The Cat Who Ate Danish Modern	(1967)
The Cat Who Turned On and Off	(1968)
The Cat Who Saw Red	(1986)
The Cat Who Played Brahms	(1987)
The Cat Who Played Post Office	(1987)
The Cat Who Knew Shakespeare	(1988)
The Cat Who Sniffed Glue	(1988)
The Cat Who Went Underground	(1989)
The Cat Who Talked to Ghosts	(1990)
The Cat Who Lived High	(1990)
The Cat Who Knew a Cardinal	(1991)
The Cat Who Moved a Mountain	(1992)
The Cat Who Wasn't There	(1992)
The Cat Who Went Into the Closet	(1993)
The Cat Who Came to Breakfast	(1994)
The Cat Who Blew the Whistle	(1995)
The Cat Who Said Cheese	(1996)
The Cat Who Tailed a Thief	(1997)
The Cat Who Sang for the Birds	(1998)
The Cat Who Saw Stars	(1999)
The Cat Who Robbed a Bank	(2000)
The Cat Who Smelled a Rat	(2001)
The Cat Who Went Up a Creek	(2002)
The Cat Who Brought Down the House	(2003)
The Cat Who Talked Turkey	(2004)
The Cat Who Went Bananas	(2004)
The Cat Who Dropped a Bombshell	(2006)
The Cat Who Had 60 Whiskers	(2007)

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Cat Who Had 14 Tales	(1988)
Qwilleran's Short and Tall Tales	(2002)
The Private Life of the Cat Who...	(2003)